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well done ross we are out to beat you in the next class

well done to the webmaster ahead of the others again keep up the great work!!! please dont just look have a vote its free ;D

i thought it would be wise to cancel all shows and sales until 31 st dec if a pigeon catches this you bet there will be mass hysteria there will be a ten mile radius round an infected premises think how many lofts that would wipe out how many lofts would re-stock keep your birds in there will be shows next year!!!!!!! keep your money in there will be sales next year!!!!! rpra shu whu take the lead no movement stop all transfers

my father told me when he was younger his cat used to sleep in the loft the plant is called pisspot iam not kidding

i was intrested in pigeons since the age of six my father raced them, i just helped out when he died i took over and raced them out. i lost the lot so gave the sport up but was really peed off i started up again two years later geting birds from lots of my dads friends to get me started i bought a black cock at our local breeder buyer for a tenner it won the breeder buyer from ripon winning £300 next year. 1st club ripon 2nd west section fed. this year 1st club 5th west section fed club from wetherby also has won me a lot of pool money too so this bird is not my first pigeon but my first and only winner so far thanks stucky(breeder)

BIOSECURITY – KEEPING THE OUTSIDE ENVIRONMENT OUT OF THE LOFT A loft full of confined healthy pigeons [iN ISOLATION] is all very well, but you must also make sure that there is no way in and out for disease. We've already blocked the main route - direct contact with wild birds and their droppings - the next main route is on or in us. . Make sure that you take basic hygiene precautions - washing your hands each and every time you've been in the loft and before you touch anything else in the house. If you wash your drinkers in the house, use your own cloths for this and for no other purpose. I keep a pair of old shoes to get me from the house to the loft. I keep an old pair of slippers in the loft that I change into inside the loft, for use only inside the loft. If I had a loft coat - it wouldn't leave the loft either. At the loft door, disinfectant Boot Wash NOW. Use any old basin big enough to take at least one of your shoes. Virkon disinfectant, just deep enough to cover the soles of your shoes, a simple step in and out. No delay. If you are on a smallholding or farm where other animals or poultry is kept, I would adopt a disinfectant Boot Wash at all entrance doors at all the animal buildings. I use Virkon S disinfectant in a bottle to spray clean my scrapers, feeding hoppers, pots etc. You could also use it to spray any 'damp' patches on or under your perches etc; or limestone or Stalosan or a combination of all 3 as you see fit. Disinfectant costs Virkon (5ltr) 2 euros (probably per week, if you change the bath 3 times) Stalosan (5kg) 15 euros. (lasts probably 8 weeks). You can’t buy a pigeon for 17 euros! And if you have been out in the park with the children feeding the local birds - Boot Wash, and wash your hands as soon as you come back and before you go near the loft. And don’t forget the dog too. He can carry stuff on his coat and feet just the same as the pigeon! SORRY FOR STEALING YOUR POST BRUNO THOUGHT I WOULD TRANSPORT YOUR WORDS OF WISDOM

i think the unions should be giving the lead that all pigeons to be confined to the loft until further notice cancel shows,sales and movement just a precaution that will help if there is an outbreak thank you to bruno for the information your hard work i hope will not be in vain

i have a loft 12x10 i live in the central scotland if that would be any good £200 ono two years old moving house 2006 season coming cant fit in my garden is the reason iam selling

Bilco in last weeks bhw was talking about the x flare something to do with the sun being in a very high rating.The last weeks of august and september there was a lot of losses when this sun x flare was very high i dont know enough about this but we should look to see if this may hinder our birds homing ability

i use van vermix never see lice drop on the perch about £9 a bottle last ages

what sort of feeding should i be giving the birds should i change to a moulting mix just now i use marimans four sesons with no barley mixed with little carrs hemp oil

iam starting again next yb season what strain/seller would you buy from if you were starting from scratch iam talking club racing 60miles /350 miles

the shu one loft race birds were sold on monday the winner being bought by mr mcgough(£20,000 winner) for £380 over £4000 was raised with the sale of the remaing 50 birds i think three quarters were entered into this weekends yb national

please give the chat room a go where you can talk to fanciers live if theres no one there come back again

when i started three years ago i bought a pair from louella the cock was not fertile so i phoned to tell i was not happy and was told hard luck chance you take

i was told not to under feed when there going through the moult so filled the hoppers with a high protein feed right or wrong?

got a bird from the scottish borders in my loft so next day iam working in coldstream in the borders released the yb and it came all the way back to lanarshire (60 miles) reports the bird the guy says keep it so take it training15 miles never comes back???? DONT UNDERSTAND NEVER WILL!!!!!!

wings first bird i heard 12.38 in another club nearby our club winner doing 900 vel was not at clock check get the result next week great returns for you well done!!!

lanarkshire fed up from wetherby150-160 miles saturday 0800 in a west wind hundreds of birds missing only nine birds in my club home at clock check club in the next village 13/129 guy in larkhall 28/90 on the sunday one guy sent 15ybs that have been to four races and at least 30-40 tosses 2 birds home at 15.30 then not seen a feather this will kill the pigeon game